Get Him To The Greek

 Production Budget: Unknown

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Run Time: 1 Hr 49 Mins.

Rating: R

The Bouw-Man.

This one falls in the category of a film that has to be better than the preview.  For what 's supposed to be a comedy, there was nothing in the trailer that brought anything close to a laugh out of me during the two minutes plus.  Now the twist is that these are the same people who brought us such modern comedy classics as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Superbad,” hence you have to figure something has to give.  “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” in my opinion, is one of the best comedies of the last ten years, so it’s refreshing to see Russell Brand revisit his role as Aldous Snow.   Jonah Hill, who played a rather obsessed fan in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” is also in this film but it’s not clear if he playing that same character.  Either way, the vibe is that this film’s comedy team has saved the best scenes for the film instead of the preview.  At least that what I’m hoping, because seeing Sean Combs monopolize a lot of the trailer doesn’t make me anxious to see more.  Fingers crossed, they got it right. 

Prediction.

I’m personally interested in seeing this one, but not sure where it’s going to fall when the smoke settles.  The “R-rating” will likely hurt its quest to bring in the coveted high school student audience as that demographic prepares for summer.  I’m going to stay positive, and hope it can manage a $10 million opening weekend run.

Opening Weekend Gross: $10 Million

Noodles.

My initial reaction to the trailer for this film had less to do with the plot and more to do with the film makers choice of casting P-Diddy as a record exec. All due respect to Mr. Diddy's business success, but every time I watch him act, my body is overwhelmed with the urge to cringe. In fact I would be so bold to say that any future P-Diddy acting roles should all go to Derek Luke, who I thought played him so perfectly in Notorious. 

Anyway, the film. Loved "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" but after watching what looks like a play on a road trip type comedy, I'm not exactly excited for this one. I think it plays into some classic stereo-types of the "rock star" equals "drug crazed" image, and places a funny actor with an unoriginal job as a straight man to Russell Brand's antics.

Prediction.

This one may end up being a funny enjoyable film, but I think most will find out when it hits HBO in five months.

Opening Weekend: Gross: $8 Million

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